Mercy

Part 36: A.R.

A/N: Hi! You made it to the last part of this story. TW for violence and blood.



There was relief and calm as I watched her sleep. Every little piece was falling into place. This was what I was meant to do. This is why this whole thing unravelled. I was supposed to feed my bloodlust and I was supposed to feed it with love. What happens after this... Well, I wasn't sure what would happen after this, but it would be worth it. I felt Autumn's slow and deep breathing and I couldn't wait to see her take her last breath. My biggest problem was that I didn't have my knife but then I remembered the very nice Japanese knife set in her kitchen. Oh, how I love women who cook.

I should do something intimate for her, when I killed her it should be special. There would be no slit throats or quick strangulations, it would be slow and painful. My plan for Roger had originally been to disembowel him and pull his intestines out in front of him. I wanted to really shock him. I also thought about pouring the chlorine I bought over open wounds or making him drink it.

The living room didn't have any blinds. It was great for stalking but bad for killing. I would have to do it in the bedroom but maybe that would be nice. I thought about spending time with her while she was dying. Giving her hope and then taking it away. A fire was brewing in my chest. This, this was my purpose.

I lightly pushed Autumn off me and started to walk around the apartment, picking up a little bit of everything. I found tape, chemicals, knives, scissors, plastic bags, sewing needles and a lighter. What can I say, I wanted options. Autumn had started to stir as I returned to the bedroom. It all became a reality. I looked at her naked body and I felt kind of bad, not about the killing but I kind of felt bad about her being naked. I had of course already seen her like that and she had nothing to be ashamed of but it felt undignified and I might be a monster but I am not that kind of monster. I picked up her underwear and a t-shirt and dressed her. She woke up.

"You are freezing darling" She looked at me and smiled as she lifted her hands and helped me get the shirt over her head.

"Come back to bed, Amelia"

"One minute, baby" I kissed her temple. It was almost funny how trusting she was and how unassuming. I took the tape and I straddled her, I started to tape her hands together and this is where she woke up.

"What are you doing?" She looked confused and her voice was higher pitched than before.

"Well I am going to tell you something and you are going to be upset" She started to squirm under me as I connected her hands to the headboard. I assume that the memories of the last time I put her in this position started to replay in her memory and I couldn't blame her for starting to panic.

"Amelia. Untie me. Now!" I shook my head, turned around and used my knees to hold her feet together enough to tape them together. I stood up and looked at her. "Please" She looked like a young girl. She looked scared and I felt butterflies in my stomach again.

"So... Something happened to your dad..."

"What do you mean?"

"He is dead" Her whole body froze. "And so is Siobhan" I could see tears welling up and I felt a pang of anger and jealousy hit me like a bullet in the back. She clenched her jaw and stiffened her upper lip.

"What happened?"

"They were murdered in his office late last night"

"And you tied me up because of that? I'm not freaking out. Untie me"

"Oh that is not why" I picked up one of the knives. I had put all my stuff on the floor so she couldn't see what I had in store for her. At this point I think that she understood but I felt like a bad guy in a movie and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to give a sinister dialogue. "You see, I went there to talk to dear old dad. I was frustrated and I was going to get some revenge. In all honesty I did go there to kill him" I stood at the foot of the bed and played with the knife as I spoke, letting the blade balance on my fingers. "I almost thought you might come around to me killing him but as soon as Siobhan came into it, I knew that you wouldn't forgive me"